Interestingly, one defender of the email is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Then again, he's appearing in a Wisconsin tourism commercial in which he sports a Bucks uniform and wonders why he ever left (uh, because he thought Milwaukee was full of racist hilljacks?), so maybe he's re-evaluating his whole value system.

Interestingly, one defender of the email is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Then again, he's appearing in a Wisconsin tourism commercial in which he sports a Bucks uniform and wonders why he ever left (uh, because he thought Milwaukee was full of racist hilljacks?), so maybe he's re-evaluating his whole value system.

After reading the email, I think the NBA would have had a hard time making a big deal out of it.

It strikes me as more blunt and politically incorrect than racist. Many of the complaints he made are valid, but obviously in a market like Atlanta, it might cause more of a reaction than in other places. Obviously, he chose he words very poorly.

I think he saw an excuse to get out and make a truckload of money while doing it.